South Africa Uncensored: Museum Object and Cultural History
South Africa Uncensored: Date: 1951. Edited by: Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993. Narrated by: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976.
The object in the museum catalogue
An anti-apartheid documentary short with the title South Africa Uncensored. It consists if a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. It was distributed by the Council on African Affairs, edited by Hortense Beveridge, and narrated by Paul Robeson.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1951
- Edited by: Tee Beveridge, American, 1923 - 1993
- Narrated by: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
- Distributed by: Council on African Affairs, American, 1942 - 1955
- Owned by: Pearl Bowser, American, 1931 - 2023
- Type: sound films
- Type: black-and-white films (visual works)
- Type: short subjects
- Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium: acetate film
- Dimensions: Duration: 22 min.
- Dimensions: Physical extent (film): 775 ft
- Place filmed: South Africa, Africa
- Place made: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Documentary films
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Object number: 2012.79.1.5.1a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pearl Bowser
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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